Attempt to kidnap two school girls in Takoradi foiled

But for the quick response of the headteacher of the Donewell Methodist Academy at Effie Kuma in Takoradi, two girls would have been added to the statistics of missing children by now.

A teacher of the school, Florence Ekua Egyir, recounting the incident to Paa Kwesi Simpson on Connect FM’s Omanbapa Morning Show, said the girls, aged 3 and 8 were on their way to school in the company of their 11 year old sister, on Wednesday, November 14 when the unidentified woman hatched, albeit failed attempt, to kidnap them.

The three girls were stopped by the woman in her 40s, when they reached the Effie Kuma night market. She gave the eldest girl a one cedi note to buy an egg for her siblings whilst she keeps watch over them.

The girl however returned to meet the absence of the woman. Her siblings as well as her personal school bag were nowhere to be found.